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Published 13 May 2023
A new control room for live continental broadcasting exchange opens in Broadcasting House
Published 23 December 2022
Part five of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain
Published 4 November 2022
BBCtv uses more feet of film each year than Hollywood
Published 18 September 2022
Behind the scenes photographs of the BBC’s biggest OB
Published 17 June 2022
A look around the BBC Television Centre as the first studio programme goes out and a party is thrown
Published 14 May 2022
Television prepares for its greatest triumph, to reach out beyond the frontiers of Europe and bring you instantaneous sights and sounds from six different countries
Published 18 April 2022
World of Sport airs every Saturday on ITV – but work on the programme begins on Tuesday
Published 31 May 2021
A personal take on the Eurovision Song Contest and the European Broadcasting Union
Published 23 December 2020
A look at how television facilities have developed across Europe in 1967
Published 25 September 2020
The BBC brings us up to speed on recent developments in television in 1961
Published 22 July 2020
Television pictures get from Rome to Copenhagen, Paris, Bonn, Hilversum and London in an exciting new development in 1954
Published 17 July 2018
Electrical maintenance: the beating heart of Television House and Wembley
Published 12 May 2018
Radio Times looks forward to tonight’s Eurovision Song Contest… in 1968
Published 11 May 2018
Inside the technical developments pioneered by the European Broadcasting Union in 1967
Published 29 January 2018
How the news gets from Europe to your TV screen in 1967
Published 13 May 2017
The story of the Eurovision Network, told from the point of view of 1961
Published 12 May 2017
Ray Moore opens and closes the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest for BBC Radio 2
Published 8 May 2017
A 1955 look-back at the exciting developments so far in international broadcasting in Europe
Published 1 March 2017
Following links back in your analytics software can be fun!
Published 13 May 2004
Eurovision Song Contest So last night was the first ever Eurovision Song Contest Semi-final where 22 countries for the first time, competed for 10 places in the main Grand Prix…